Sub 33 !0k

last year has been hard really, as i have concentrated on work(pays the morgage.). Got to where i wanted to be, which now means i get to concentrate on running again alot more, So will be racing alot more after a few weeks training. Looking at your training looks like you are doing the right things and you will soon have to change this thread to sub 32. good luck and keep up the hard work

I'm now clearly in sub 33 shape. For a 3.6 mile relay leg over road/trail I clocked 18:17, for my session on Wednesday off a 70 second/200m jog recovery I did 8 x 1000 in a 3:04 average closing in 2:59 and that was my 3rd session or race in 4 days.

But most tellingly is that I raced the Dorney Lake 10k which from a combination of GPS, logic and other race performances is at least 350m and quite possibly 400m short. I clocked 33:47- realistically this was a 32:40 performance. It is very frustrating for it not to be given the shape I'm in and that I was very close behind a top class junior (Nathan White got me by about 30 seconds).

I now just need to find the right race and get in it and I will hopefully destroy 33 and make serious inroads in 32 which is realistically now my target for the year I think. In the meantime until I find the right 10k race all I can do is just carry on running and get myself to the level where breaking 33 will just be a triviality.

3km PB of 9:07 last week- considering my dodgy ankle (sprain - still running most days though and is getting better gradually) was quite pleased. Especially as right now I am very keyed in to paces between 72-80 seconds/lap (so most comfortable operating at 75/76). BUCS may well be an attempt on 32:00 letalone 33:00 but still need to see...

Will keep you all posted! In the meantime www.brynrunning.blogspot.com is the blog with weekly(ish) training!

Oh and will open the sub 32 thread at some point in the near future! (and please no-one say that it's going to be too easy to do! Popsiders comments on the first page have been haunting me for the past 3 years!)

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